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There is a great military museum near Schweizerpark and the Westbahnhof (train station). In it is displayed the car that Franz Ferdinand was shot in, and his uniform with the bullet hole and blood stains. (This shooting is said to have started WWI).

Werner Faymenn is the Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria. Faymenn took power on 2008 December 2 after the 2008 September legislative election, leading the Social Democratic Party to 57 seats out of 183, a loss of 11 seats.

Peachy keen. Hello my name is markus and i am from asutria. Studying in austria is really great. loats of fun and cool people. I donÂ´t know in what degree you are interested of. I can recommend you www.easydegree.at - their are information to all degrees in austria available - provided you can …speak a little german:) (MORE)

It depends on the time of year... In the summer it is very hot, in the fall it gets cool and the trees lose their leaves, in winter there is snow in some parts (mostly the mountains) and in spring it gets warm again.

As of June 2014, the President of Austria is Heinz Fischer. He hasbeen the President since July 6, 2004. Austria also has a federalchancellor, a federal minister, and a cabinet. The currentChancellor is Werner Faymann and the current Minister is JosefOstermayer.

The ancient Celts settled the area now known as Austria and much of Europe, during the Bronze and Iron Age or there abouts. In the 700's Charlemagne came to rule the region. Austria became a republic in 1918 at the close of WWI.

An old tradition of one week continuous prayer for the dead and deceased around Allerheiligen (1st November) and Allerseelen (2nd November). Not sure if it is still practised, at least in the area I grew up (Upper Austria) it hasn't been practised for quite a while, as my grand parents told me about… doing it when they were young. (MORE)

\nLeader of the government is the Federel Chancellor, at the moment Werner Faymann, decided by the party winning the parliamentary elections. Above him there is still the President with mostly representative tasks and not that much power. Austria's President is Dr. Heinz Fischer.

The feast of St. Nicholas marks the beginning of Christmas in Austria.The saint accompanied by devil ask children for a list of their good and bad deeds. good children are given sweets,toys and nuts. Gifts that are placed under the tree are opened after dinner on Christmas Eve. Brass instruments pla…y chorale music room church steeples,and carol singers,carrying blazing torches and a manger from house to house,gather on the church steps. (MORE)

There are many different ways to do so, depending on the situation:\nIn formal situations you might say "GrÃ¼Ã Gott" or "Guten Tag", with "Guten Tag" being more common in Germany and bigger Austrian cities. In the morning a "Guten Morgen!" is the normal greeting, in the evening you might also s…ay "Guten Abend", but that's not so commonly used.\nBetween friends and family you also say "Guten Morgen" or just "Morgen" in the morning, for the rest of the day you can use a simple "Hallo" or "Hi" (rather city-ish) or "GrÃ¼Ã dich" (more countryside-ish) (MORE)

Austria is a federal republic hence there are elections. There are the elections of the federal government every five years. Furthermore elections are regularly held in each of the nine states of Austria and in all townships. The president is elected by direct vote in a 6 years interval. Head of gov…ernment is the chancellor who becomes instated by the president after federal elections. (MORE)

Pez Candy, Mannlicher-Schonenauer firearms ( Steyr) , Steyr-Daimler Puch motorcycles and mopeds- formerly sold in the US by Sears,Roebuck under the Allstate label, neat bikes. The Glock automatic pistol is also of Austrian make.

1978 Austria's population voted against the launch of the country's only nuclear power plant near Zwentendorf (Lower Austria). After that event the national council made a law that forbade the building of nuclear powerplants without positive popular vote. However, there is one scientific reactor lo…cated in Vienna. Apart from that Austria doesn't use nuclear power. (MORE)

During the Austro-Hungarian Empire the Monarchy unsuccessfully tried to acquire extra-European colonies. However their only colony, which they controlled for the short period of 16 years, was in Tianjin (now China).

Yes, Austria is safe. In terms of overall security, Austria is a very safe country. Austria has one of the lowest crime rates in Europe and also remains largely free of incidents related to terrorism. The number of traffic accidents per year is in a normal range for the size of the country and… the likelihood of becoming the victim of a natural disaster is extremely low (the number of occurrences of life-threatening natural disasters is one of the lowest in the world). Due to Austria's political neutrality, the danger of becoming involved in a war or any kind of armed international conflict is practically nonexistent. Also the dangers affiliated with highly contagious diseases and other, possibly life-threatening medical conditions is on a very low level. Austria's health care system is one of the best in the world and the number of people suffering from dangerous, contagious diseases is in a normal range for a Central European country. (MORE)

Austria has no active volcanoes. There are, however, extinct volcanoes. Also Austria is not Australia. Australia has a volcano and it is called Big Ben, but these are not the same countries and they are located on different sides of the planet.

No. The United States is a country located in North America. The continental U.S. lies South of Canada, and North of Mexico; however, there are states and territories owned by the United States which are not part part of the continental U.S. Such territories include Hawaii, Alaska and a number of ot…her off shore territories. (MORE)

First it was Hungary under Habsburg rule from the 16th century. Later, there was a Hungarian Revolution in March, 1848, and a War of Independence against the Habsburg rule in 1848-49. It was unsuccessful. The absolutism and the oppresion became even stronger. When the Habsburgs suffered some militar…y failures and financial problems in the middle of the 19th century, in addition the threat of a strong united Germany and Italy became stronger (violiting the Habsburg dominance in Eastern Europe), they were forced to make a compromise with the Hungarians (the Magyars) in 1867. From 1867 to 1918 it was called Austria-Hungary It was a dual country with a common monarch, with common foreign, defense and finance ministers, but otherwise with separate capital citie, separate parliaments. After the First World War, in the Treaty of Versailles (1918-19)Austria-Hungary (or Austro-Hungarian Empire) dissolved. (MORE)

Firstly in German the country is called "Ãsterreich". At first the country was denoted as "Marchia Orientalis", wich means something like "eastern border". The first German translation was "OsterrÃ®chi"; a term, which first appeared in the OstarrÃ®chi Document from 996. The word"Austria" is a… latinization of the German "Ãsterreich"..
An other translation of "Marchia Orientalis", was "Ostmark", this name for Austria was used by Nazi Germany (MORE)

No , it doesn't. Austria is rather known for it's mountains, lakes and rivers, such as the GroÃglockner (3798m high), Neusiedler See (315km 2 wide), wich's known as Lake Neusiedl in English and the river Donau.

I love that question! Austria has many Protestant roots back into the Reformation, with Martin Luther of Germany, yet the Hapsburg Dynasty I believe was mainly Catholic. In Switzerland, During the Radical Reformation, like with the Hutterian Brethren, (Hutterites), they spread to Austria in the sout…hern Part. Mainly Protestantt and Catholic. Hoped it helped! (MORE)